7 Ate 9*: Do We Need More Steps of Design?

The 7 Steps of Design In my last post I debuted a Instructional Video for the Learning Design Canvas that outlined how I see the 7 Steps of Design fit together..... ....But as GLP Partner, Jeanette Romkema, commented the other day, it is a helpful to add some additional steps to consider how the learning will make a difference after the workshop. Drawing from Vella, Berardinelli & Burow's work on Learning Evaluation, (and also Kirkpatrick and Fitzgerald), I would frame these additional steps as: Step 8: SO THAT...Transfer: or how the learners will apply their learning in their life, organization or community. This often describes a change in the learner's behaviour. e.g. John applies his new skills in insulating his home. Step 9: SO WHAT... Impact, or the difference that applying the learning makes for their life, organization. This usually describes a change in condition. e.g. John's heating bills go down and his green house gas emissions go down.

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